The professional activities of Markus Coehn as a patent attorney include representation in patent grant and opposition proceedings before the patent offices as well as nullity proceedings before the German Federal Patent Court and the Federal Supreme Court. He co-operates regularly with the attorneys at law of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG in patent infringement proceedings.

Markus Coehn is active in all fields of chemistry, pharma and chemical engineering, concentrating primarily on pharmaceuticals and polymer chemistry. Since several years, Markus Coehn has been advising a pharmaceutical manufacturer in all stages of its product development (patent grant procedures for the API, polymorphs, formulation and dosage, as well as legal opinions, freedom-to-operate analyses and SPC processes). In the field of polymer chemistry, Markus Coehn is in charge of the European patent portfolio of one of the largest polymer producers world-wide.

A current highlight is the defence of a key patent for high performance plastics before the Federal Supreme Court. Other important cases are the defence of a patent concerning cytological fixing agents before the Federal Supreme Court as well as a nullity action before the Federal Patent Court against the key patent of a large-scale technical production process of antioxidants for vehicle tires.

Markus Coehn regularly publishes contributions on practice-oriented questions concerning Industrial Property.

1994-2000	Internships at Linde AG (marketing, technical gases), Siemens AG (central department for corporate environmental affairs), Kraft Foods (regulatory affairs) and an IP firm
2000-2004	Freelance patent translator for several IP firms in Germany
2004-2005	Internship at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich
2005-2007	Trainee at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich
Since 2008	German Patent Attorney at Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler, Munich

1994–2001	Studied Chemistry and Patent Law at the University of Munich
2002	Graduated with a “Diplom-Chemiker” degree
1998–1999	Studied Biotechnology and Microbiology at London Metropolitan University
1999	Graduated with a BSc degree
1997–2000	Studied Business Administration at the University of Hagen, Germany
2000	Passed intermediate examination
2002-2005	PhD thesis on carbapenem antibiotics concerning MRSA and azide chemistry

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